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                                                     Failing Successfully

Two years ago I took part in a speech competition and delivered a memorized speech. It was a hard time for me when the judge __16__ the winners. At last, the moment of truth came. I got the worst.

After not being placed in the competition, I really wanted to __17__ again. I realized that finding the right topic was the most important part of the whole __18__. It needs to be motivational and inspirational to the __19__. So I reworked my speech for the following year, __20__ a different topic and spending many hours before the computer and in libraries doing research. Then I worked __21__ the speech, line by line, word by word, making it __22__ better.

The next year I participated in the competition again. I gave my __23__ in two parts, one was about my own experience and the other was about the feelings that people usually have when giving a speech—how __24__ it is, standing on a stage all alone, with everyone sitting and watching them. My speech __25__ down well and I was hoping to do that a little bit better. __26__, my wish didn’t come true. The competition was so fierce and again I wasn’t __27__.

I was deeply disappointed, since I couldn’t accept the fact that I had __28__ twice in something that I had worked so hard on. However, I knew that losing is __29__ and part of life. One of the judges said to me that my speech was quite good, __30__ it needed to be better if I wanted to go any further. He advised me to struggle to __31__ something like some of the empty gestures. He said that I would surely succeed someday.

While I didn’t earn __32__ as a result of the competition, I did gain a new viewpoint. I discovered that I could fail successfully. I think I’ll __33__ to work hard and enter the next competition. Now, whenever I’m faced with a defeat, I __34__ myself of what a famous person said, “The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself that it’s a slip and not a __35__.”

16. A. announced    B. predicted     C. observed    D. interviewed

17. A. suffer            B. compete       C. win             D. check

18. A. range            B. condition      C. system       D. process

19. A. audience       B. companion   C. director      D. author

20. A. reviewing     B. supposing     C. picking       D. comparing

21. A. during           B. against         C. behind        D. through

22. A. increase        B. flow              C. expose        D. occur

23. A. choice           B. instruction    C. reason        D. speech

24. A. annoying      B. surprising     C. frightening D. confusing

25. A. went             B. dropped        C. slowed        D. rolled

26. A. Angrily         B. Sadly             C. Strangely    D. Eagerly

27. A. settled          B. treated          C. placed         D. affected

28. A. decreased    B. escaped         C. struggled    D. failed

29. A. flexible         B. normal          C. appropriate D. typical

30. A. but                B. so                  C. for               D. or

31. A. assume         B. declare         C. overcome    D. acquire

32. A. profits          B. awards          C. comments   D. qualities

33. A. continue       B. agree             C. regret         D. apply  

34. A. allow            B. inform           C. accuse         D. remind

35. A. kick              B. push               C. fall              D. walk

一、提   示：

1.文章标题Failing Successfully是运用了英语的oxymoron矛盾修辞法

2.第21、22、25, 27、34、35题中对through，flow, went, place, remind, fall几个词的考查比较巧妙。

3.要仔细体会文章最后一句“My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself that it’s a slip and not a __35__.”中的slip（滑到）和fall（跌倒）的区别

二、美   句：

1.So I reworked my speech for the following year, 20 (picking) a different topic and spending many hours before the computer and in libraries doing research. Then I worked  21(through)  the speech, line by line, word by word, making it  22(flow)  better.

 2.“The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knowing the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, "It's a slip and not a fall."

      ------这是Abraham Lincoln竞选参议员失败后说的一段话

三、词汇注释：

22.flow：(朗文词典)

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